Ground-Rollers
Brachypteraciidae
The ground rollers are a small family of non-migratory near-passerine birds restricted to Madagascar. They are related to the kingfishers, bee-eaters and rollers. They most resemble the latter group, and are sometimes considered a sub-family of the true rollers.
4 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 5 known species
Atelornis Ground-Rollers
genusAtelornis
Uratelornis
genusUratelornis
Brachypteracias
genusBrachypteracias
Geobiastes
genusGeobiastes
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 2304.